St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-27
He Had Her Picture Printed in
the Police Gazette Under
False PretenseS.
A Lively Row at the Salvation
Army distinguishing
the Newspapers.
The Bostonians Receive a Reg
ular OVation--ChriStmaS
Doings and Events.
BODLEY'S BAD BREAK.
The Story of Lady V no Seems
to Have Suffered an Injustice.


to Have Suffered an Injustice.
The GLOBE of yesterday contained an
article of a sensational nature in which
a woman of the town, who passes
under the name of Lizzie
Buckley, was represented as being in
truth Lizzie BOdley, the divorced wife
of John Z. BOdley, who claims to run
newsstand at los First street north.
The statement, it appears, came
principally from Bodiey himself. who
seems to cherish spirit of revenge
against his former wife. The facts, so
far as are borne out by un-
doubted evidence, make it appear
cured divorce before Judge Rea, in
1876, sent to the Police Gazette an
account of the arrest of Lizzie Buck
ley, clipped from the GLOBE. Buckley
is the woman, it will be remembered,
who made a sensational charge against
Hank Seelye, a well known sporting
man. but which was shown to be alb
solutely false. He, Bodley, repre-
scented to the publishers of
that paper that Lizzie Buckley
and Lizzie Bodley were one and the
same person; whereas the former is
woman Of doubtful reputation, and the
latter is the wife of a reputable pro-
1essional man. In addition to
this, BOdtIey sent a picture tPe
Police Gazette, labeled Lizzie Buck
ley" Of course, that paper published
the account. BOdley being news
dealer, who had before supplied them
with articles of a sensational
nature, was believed, and the
insertion of a modified article from the
GLOBE, accompanied by cut OF Mrs.
BOdley, subsequently appeared. The
GLOBE Yesterday mentioned the publ
cation of the Gazette, and added such
particulars as could be gathered at the
time, which, however, were furnished
by BOdley himself.
Concerning the former Mrs. BOdley
it appears from the evidence in
the divorce case, that about two years
ago a young man, residing IN
Minneapolis, formed an acquant-
her husband. 1t was long before he
was made the confidant of the lady, and
learned the story of her domestic woes.
1t seems that through the generosity of
a rich relative, she had supplied the
bread for the early part of their mar
ried life. This relative, however, did
not propose to be their entire support,
and the purse strings were finally
closed. Then BOdley developed his
true character, and being man
of fiery and devilish disposition, the
lot of the wife was anything but pleas
ant. 1t is alleged that twice had he
threatened her life, once going so far as
TO wound her with a dagger. When
asked for his advice the young gentle
man cOunseled that the only remedy
was in the divorce court. She applied
for divorce on the ground Of cruel and
inhuman treatment, and her petition was
granted, the husband making no defense.
Up to the time of securing the divorce,
probably neither the young gentleman
nor the lady had any thoughts of mar
rage between them. which, however,
was finally cOnSummated. About four
weeks ago a women named Lizzie Buck
ley charged Hank Seelye with having
drugged and kept her in a room for a
week. Seelye was shown to be entirely
blameleSS, and the woman Buckley was
proven to be notorious woman whose
history was at the time reviewed III the
GLOBE.
To sum the whole matter up it APP
pears that BOdley has palmed OFF this
woman as his former wife upon the Ga
zette. That paper, despite the fact that
it is regarded by many as an
obscene and unwholesOme sheet, ap-
pears to be conscientious in its
work, and has not only furnished the
correspondence of BOdley, which Sc
cured the insertion of cut made from
she photograph and the article men
toned, but Richard K. Fox, the pub
hlisher and proprietor, has signified his
desire to sue BOdley for criminal libel.
The GLOBE is willing to confess that
IL has been misled by the assertions of
BOdley, who made it appear that he
was not the author of the Gazette ar
ticle, whereas his own handwriting
proves the contrary.